Playing Nice in the Sandbox: Creating Synergy between Regional Online Programs

Session 1: Thursday, November 10 from 9:30 - 10:30am
Karen Johnson, Education Director,S OCRATES Online
Jon Voss, Academic Coordinator and Director, District 287 and Northern Star Online
Beny Lederman, CEO, Genius SIS
Jon Fila, Technology Integrationist and Moodle Strategist ,Northern Star Online



Session Information


  • Location: 205 (Click Here to View the Session Map)
  • Track: Administration and Management of Online Programs
  • Grade Level Focus: 9-12
  • Experience Level: Level 201 - For intermediate level participants (2-4 years experience in K-12 Online Learning)
  • Exhibitor: No
  • Requires Purchase of Product to Implement: No

Session Description

In this session a panel will discuss two collaborative projects that regional online learning programs worked together on to realize greater efficiency, model effective practices and improve program outcomes. The projects included customizing a student information system designed for multiple programs to track student enrollment and engagement in courses and a hybrid professional development program to train teachers to develop digital learning units using OER for use in hybrid classrooms.


Session Twitter Hashtag: #vss205s1




    Presentation Materials and Contributions


    Animoto video clip of Playing Nice in the Sandbox: Creating Synergy between Regional Online Consortia
    http://animoto.com/play/aG6PHZZdq5ziDbgkzNlang